Attachment to automobile-headlights.



H. MATHESON 611 B. SHAW.

ATTACHMENT T0 AUTOMOBILE HEADTLIGH TS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27. 1915.

Patented m. 27, 1917.

WITNESSES Aim-na section.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT BDBEBT MATHESON AN D JOSEPH BEBTRAM SHAW, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,

' CANADA.

ATTACHMENT TO AUTOMOBILE-HEADLIGHT S.

- "Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

Application filed 1112x1915. SerialNo.24,303. a

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that we, GILBERT ROBERT MA'rHnso'N and J osnrn Ban-mam SHAW, both of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments to Automobile-Headlights, of

tain the light rays on the roadway. A further object of the invention is to provide in combination with this improved self sett ng headlight means for retarding the swinging of the: headlight so that it will not oscillate unduly or extremely under natural road conditions.

- tion consists essentially in a headlight fitted to swing on a horizontal w s weight for retaining the headlight under the action of gravity normally in a horlzontal position and means for retarding the swing of the headlight around its horizontal axis, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more articularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 represents a side view of our attachment attached to a headlight.

Fig. 2 represents a front view of the head-' light and the attachment.

,Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detailed side view of the pinion pin and pinion a portion of the lamp bracket being shown in vertical Fig; 4 represents an enlarged detailed vertical' sectional view through the lamp bracket. y

In the drawing like characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts in each figure."

1 represents the chassis of an, automobile and 2 an automobile headlight, the headlight being supported from the chassis by a bracket 3 permanently fastened at 4 to-the chassis. I

Theordinary automobile radiator is shown at 5.

In the drawing we have simply shown one headlight but it will be understood that thereare two as customary and that they occupy their usual positions at opposite sides of the radiator.

The bracket 3 is supplied with upstanding forked arms 3 and 3 having their'upper extremitiessplit as indicated at 6 and supephed with fastening bolts 7 and 8.

The split extremities of the arms form bearings for similar split two piece bearing blocks or journals 9 and 10, the-journals be- 111 horizontally alined and receiving pivotal y,-in each instance, stub axles 12 and 13 having their inner ends permanently secured to the headlight sides as shown at 14:. The spindles are formed each with a circumferentially directed rib 15 which is received within a complementary groove 16 provided in the journal in each instance. The spindles are arranged so that the light is free to swing in the vertical plane but on a horizontal axis. With the above objects in view the mven- In order to balance the headlight we suspend a weight 17 from the under side there- 18 1s a pinion engaging with the rack and llivotally mounted in the upper end of a for ed pinlon pin 19 having the lower end thereof extending within a vertically di'sposed receiving opening 20' formed in the head of the bracket 3.

Aspiral spring 21 is inserted in the opening prior to putting the pinion pin in place and the spring serves to hold the pinion continuously in engagement with the rack.

Under normal conditions, that is, when the automobile is riding on a level road, the

' headlight assumes and retains the horizontal position or as shown in the drawing. It is held 'inthis position by the weight and is prevented from oscillating under ordinary driving conditions by the pinion engaging with the rack and the pressure of the spring working on the inion.

When the roa way inclines the weight retains the lightin the horizontal osition 1rrespective of the inclination of t e automobile body. Accordingly the light rays are directed on the roadway at all times to best advantage for drivin purposes.

We wish here to polnt out that the swinging of the headlight to the extremepositions is retarded owing to the concaved construction of the rack. In'other words the action of "the spring becomes stronger the greater the tilt of the light, as the said spring is compressed by the down push of the pin as caused by the long'ends, so to speak, of the rack.

We do not wish to be restricted to the special manner in which the headlight is supported nor'to the special device shown for retarding the swing, as it is obvious these are purely mechanicaharrangements for which other constructions could-bereadil) substituted without departing in the least from the spirit of the invention.

'What we claim as our invention is 1. The combination L with the headlight bracket of an automobile, of a headlight pivotally mountedinthe bracket on a horizontal axis,'a balancing weight attached to the headlight-and means for retarding the swing v of the headlight around the horizontal axis,

as andfor the purp0sespecified.

2. I'n an automobile the combination with a headlight bracket permanentl secured t the automobile body, of a hea lightpivotally mounte djgon a i rizontal axis in the bracket, a halanci v eight secured to'th'e' underside of thegl h'ead lizht andfireta'rdingmeans carried by the bracket and engaging with the weight, as and-for the purpose.

specified; Y

3. In anautomobile the combination with aheadlight bracket permanentl "secured to the automobile bod of ahea light, horizontally disposed a ined stub 'axles secured to the opposite sides of the headlight and pivotally mounted in the bracket, a'balancmg wei ht attached tothe under sideof the headligh bracket and enga rack, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In an automotiife th combination with a headlightbracket permanentl secured to zontally alined stub airlessecured t and provided on the under side with rack teeth and a pinion carried by the;

mg with theteeth of the '50 the automobile body, of a hea light, hori to; the opposite sides-of the headlight: and

pivotallymounted in the bracket, -.a balancln'g ,wei htattached to the; under side of the headlig' tand provided onthe under side with a concave-rackand a spring pressed pinion carried by the bracketand engaging continuously. with" ;the-,,teeth of the rack,- as

and-:ior the purpose specified.- I

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